Article 127Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 127

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

Agricultural Credit Administration with the proper court,

be liable to punishment for contempt in the manner

provided by law and if he is an officer of the association,

to suspension or removal from office.

Section 114. Prosecution of Officials - The Agricultural

Credit Administration, through the appropriate provincial

or city fiscal, shall have the power to file and prosecute

any and all actions which it may have against any and all

officials or employees of farmers' cooperatives arising

from misfeasance or malfeasance in office.

Section 115. Free Notarial Services - Any justice of the

peace, in his capacity as notary ex-officio, shall render

service free of charge to any person applying for a loan

under this Code either in administering the oath or in the

acknowledgment of instruments relating to such loan.

Section 116. Free Registration of Deeds - Any register of

deeds shall accept for registration, free of charge any

instrument relative to a loan made under this Code.

Section

117.

Writing-off Unsecured and Outstanding

Loans - Subject to the approval of the President upon

recommendation of the Auditor General, the Agricultural

Credit

Administration

may

write-off

from

its

books,

unsecured

and

outstanding

loans

and

accounts

receivable which may become uncollectible by reason of

the death or disappearance of the debtor, should there be

no visible means of collecting the same in the foreseeable

future, or where the debtor has been verified to have no

income or property whatsoever with which to effect

payment. In all cases, the writing-off shall be after five

years from the date the debtor defaults.

Section 118. Exemption from Duties, Taxes and Levies -

The

Agricultural

Credit

Administration

is

hereby

exempted from the payment of all duties, taxes, levies,

and fees, including docket and sheriff's fees, of whatever

nature or kind, in the performance of its functions and in

the exercise of its powers hereunder.

CHAPTER VI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

COMMISSION

Section 119. Creation of the Agricultural Productivity

Commission - For the purpose of accelerating progressive

improvement

in

the

productivity

of

farms,

the

advancement

of

farmers

and

the

strengthening

of

existing

agricultural

extension

services

through

the

consolidation

of

all/promotional,

educational

and

informational

activities

pertaining

to agriculture, the

present

Bureau

of

Agricultural

Extension

of

the

Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is

hereby placed directly under the executive supervision

and control of the President and hereinafter renamed

Agricultural Productivity Commission.

Upon the effectivity of this Code, the Agricultural Tenancy

Commission of the Department of Justice, together with

its powers, duties, responsibilities, files, records supplies,

equipment,

personnel

and

unexpended

balance

of

appropriations, is hereby placed under the Agricultural

Productivity Commission as a separate office thereof.

Section

120.

Commissioner

of

the

Agricultural

Productivity Commission - The Agricultural Productivity

Commission shall be administered by an Agricultural

Productivity Commissioner who shall be appointed by the

President

with

the

consent

of

the

Commission

on

Appointments and who shall have a compensation of

sixteen thousand pesos per annum. No person shall be

appointed as a Agricultural Productivity Commissioner

unless he be a holder of at least a Bachelor of Science

degree in Agricultural from a reputable school or college

of agriculture and shall have practiced agriculture for at

least five years, and who is of recognized competence in

agricultural economics or any of its equivalents.

Section

121.

Powers

and

Duties

-

The

Agricultural

Productivity

Commissioner

shall

exercise

the

same

powers and duties vested in the Director of the Bureau of

Agricultural Extension.

Section 122. Division on Cooperatives - In addition to the

existing divisions of the Bureau of Agriculture Extension,

herein renamed as Agricultural Productivity Commission,

there shall be a Division of Cooperatives and such other

divisions and sections as the Agricultural Productivity

Commissioner may deem necessary to organize in order

to carry out the promotional and educational activities of

the Commission.

Section

123.

Recruitment, Selection and Training of

Extension Workers - The extension workers shall be

recruited and selected from graduates of agricultural

college with adequate practical experience and training

in

actual

crop,

tree,

poultry

and

livestock

farming:

Provided,

however,

That

in

the

event there are no

graduates of agricultural colleges available, graduates of

agricultural high schools may be temporarily employed.

Training

of

extension

workers

shall

be

done

in

conjunction with research institutions to insure their

maximum efficiency.

Section 124. Functions of Extension Workers - In addition

to their functions under Republic Act Numbered six

hundred eighty, it shall be the duty of extension workers:

(1)

To

reside

in

the

locality

where

they are

assigned, to disseminate technical information to farm

families, and to demonstrate improved farm and home

management practices and techniques;

(2)

To

work

with

individual

farmers in farm

planning and budgeting, guide them in the proper

conduct of farm business and work out schedules of

re-payment of loans obtained by farmers;

(3) To assist farmers in securing the services or

assistance of other agencies, or their personnel, having to

do relevant activities and problems of farmers;

(4) To visit newly-established independent farm

operators either singly or collectively at least once a

month;

(5) To promote and stimulate the growth and

development of the youth towards improved farm and

home management practices and techniques, as well as

the development of their skills for small-scale industries

and the like;

(6) To encourage the formation and growth of

private associations, study clubs, committees and other

organized

groups

of

farmers,

familiarize

them

with

modern methods of farming and interest them to actively

participate, collaborate or take the initiative in agricultural

research,

experimentation

and

implementation

of

projects in cooperation with the Agricultural Productivity

Commission and other agencies; and

(7)

To

promote,

stimulate

and

assist

in

the

organization

of

farmers'

cooperatives,

including

multi-purpose cooperatives. (Amendments to RA No.

3844 (Agricultural Land Reform Code), Republic Act No.

6389, [September 10, 1971])

Section 125. Appropriation - In addition to the funds

herein transferred, there is hereby appropriated from the

general funds in the National Treasury not otherwise

appropriated the sum of five million pesos, or so much

thereof as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of

this Chapter.

CHAPTER VII DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN

REFORM ADMINISTRATION

Section 126. Creation of National Land Reform Council -

Section 127. Meetings; Resolutions - (Amendments to RA

No. 3844 (Agricultural Land Reform Code), Republic Act

No. 6389, [September 10, 1971])

Section

128.

Functions

of

Department

of

Agrarian

Reform - It shall be the responsibility of the Council:

(1) To construct the general program of land reform

contemplated by this Code;

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